Can Buildcon beat Nkana in Levy Mwanawasa Stadium clash?

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Competition: Zambia Super League
Competition: Sun 07.February
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Levy Mwanawasa Stadium (49800 seats)

Buildcon perform at a high level so far being 6th in the table. Nkana can look both up and down from their 8th position.

Insights:
  • Buildcon have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nkana have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

The visiting Nkana played their last game only three days ago, a Super League match. That game, against Nkwazi, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Nkana.

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Buildcon form and stats

The story so far in the Super League for Buildcon at their home stadium (Levy Mwanawasa Stadium) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

No payout for Buildcon in their previous match, an away game at Nkwazi that ended in defeat 0-1. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Green Eagles.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Buildcon have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won two, drawn five and lost one.

The Buildcon fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. Buildcon have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Nkana form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Nkana so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-5 (win-draw-lose).

Nkana have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 209 minutes since they last conceded in Super League.

Nkana play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Nkwazi (placed 11th). Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against Young Green Eagles.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Nkana playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were three Nkana wins, one draw and four defeats.

Goals are few and far between in Nkana's away league games. Only 3 goals from 7 travels. Nkana struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 13 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: zero - five - four (Buildcon wins - draws - Nkana wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.

Buildcon missing players

Nkana missing players

Buildcon Nkana
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 3 7 14
6 3 0 Won W 0 2 6
4 2 1 Drew D 0 0 2
5 2 1 Lost L 3 5 6
17 8 2 Scored S 0 3 16
15 6 3 Conceded C 6 13 18
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
60% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 86%
40% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 14% 36%
7% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 21%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 7%
53% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 29%
33% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 36%
20% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 71% 43%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 2.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.9 1.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 9.6 10 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10 9.9
2.3 3.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 2.3 3.2
49% 36% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 19% 36%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Buildcon have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Buildcon have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Nkana have scored away.
  • Nkana have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Nkana haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Zanaco 15 7 4 4 25 13 7 6 1 0 21 4 8 1 3 4 4 9 12 25
2 Prison Leopards 15 7 4 4 17 8 8 5 2 1 11 4 7 2 2 3 6 4 9 25
3 Forest Rangers 15 6 7 2 19 12 7 4 3 0 11 3 8 2 4 2 8 9 7 25
4 ZESCO United 14 7 4 3 15 10 7 4 1 2 9 5 7 3 3 1 6 5 5 25
5 Lusaka Dynamos 15 5 8 2 18 12 7 4 3 0 14 5 8 1 5 2 4 7 6 23
6 Buildcon 15 6 4 5 17 15 7 3 2 2 8 6 8 3 2 3 9 9 2 22
7 Kabwe Warriors 15 6 4 5 18 18 7 2 2 3 7 8 8 4 2 2 11 10 0 22
8 Nkana 14 6 2 6 16 18 7 4 2 1 13 5 7 2 0 5 3 13 -2 20
9 Power Dynamos 12 5 4 3 11 8 8 3 3 2 7 6 4 2 1 1 4 2 3 19
10 Green Eagles 14 4 7 3 13 12 7 3 4 0 6 2 7 1 3 3 7 10 1 19
11 Nkwazi 15 4 7 4 10 12 8 2 3 3 4 7 7 2 4 1 6 5 -2 19
12 Red Arrows 15 5 4 6 13 16 8 3 3 2 7 5 7 2 1 4 6 11 -3 19
13 Indeni 15 3 7 5 14 16 8 3 3 2 8 6 7 0 4 3 6 10 -2 16
14 Lumwana Radiants 15 3 7 5 8 13 7 2 3 2 5 5 8 1 4 3 3 8 -5 16
15 NAPSA Stars 15 2 9 4 15 18 7 2 4 1 8 7 8 0 5 3 7 11 -3 15
16 Green Buffaloes 15 2 8 5 11 11 7 2 4 1 10 4 8 0 4 4 1 7 0 14
17 Young Green Eagles 15 2 7 6 7 21 7 2 3 2 5 7 8 0 4 4 2 14 -14 13
18 Kitwe United 15 0 7 8 4 18 8 0 6 2 2 6 7 0 1 6 2 12 -14 7